LinkEX

I get the following error when trying to add a link on my site.

[Fatal Error: Unable to write to UID file]

I've tried changing file permissions but it seems to be locked so i can't ?

Oh and the site is www.gamerzvids.com

hi,

did this just happen? or have you changed anything in the installation or anything?

What is the ownership and permissions on the file linkex/data/config/uid ?

- v0id

it was working then it just happened by itself.

permission is at 644 and ownership is 99 99.

when i try to change permissions i get the following error message

550 Could not change perms on uid: Operation not permitted

hm it could be a problem with the method I use for checking that the contents actually was written to the file.

Can I ask you to look at the contents of linkex/data/config/uid, it's a number, then try add a new link, and check the
contents again?

If the number has increased, the errors lays within the return value of the functions that writes to the file, and I
need to update LinkEX accordingly. Otherwise LinkEX really cannot write to the file for some reason, perhaps some
permissions issues or perhaps your host did some update/upgrading

- v0id

Stays at 1004 even after trying to add a new link.

Thanks for the quick response mate

hm strange thing. But then my guess is that your host has updated some system wide settings on the permissions or
something similar.
You should ask them to change the permissions on the UID file, and possible on the rest of the files used by LinkEX.

Can you try and edit a link and see if LinkEX actually can modify other files? Also try change some settings and see if
it has any effect.

- v0id

Had my host change permissions on UID file, now getting more permission based problems but i'll get it sorted.

Thanks again for the help

this happens when yo utry to install it on servage. not sure why. makesi t impossible on servage.net servers. (As far as
i can tell, anyway)

Hi,

I've got the same problem and there's nothing changed on the server!

you sure that php was not updated or anything like that?
Are you also on servage?

Have you also checked the permissions on the files and folders?

Lots of questions :) It's a very strange error, that I haven't been able to find the common factor in..

- v0id

It's my own server and there's nothing updated.

All the permissions are the same when I installed it.

The stange thing is that on my other sites I don't get this error.

ok thanks, and I assume it's the same version of LinkEX.
I will have a look at the code again, since there must be some issues with the return values on certain data.
Does the value inside the uid file ever update? It should be updated when you create a category, link or blacklist
entry.
How about other files, are they updated ok? Try make a change to the settings and see if it's actually updated.

Thanks a lot for your feedback

- v0id

I've changed some things in the settings, but when I save them and look at the changed things... it's not changed.

When I change the permission of
data/links from 755 to 777

and the permission of
data/config/config
data/config/rules
data/config/uid
from 644 to 666

everything works fine.

hm well glad it works now, but it makes very little sense to me right now.
Don't understand how it could just stop working, if nothing else on the server has changed!? :)

Anyway I'll look over the code and see if I can figure something out.

- v0id